Archive for August, 2011|Monthly archive page

The National Quality Forum (NQF) and The Joint Commission are accepting applications for the 2011 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. The awards recognize individuals, healthcare organizations, professional associations and healthcare collaboratives that are making significant contributions in improving the safety and quality of patient care.

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Apparently the closest children’s hospital was 30 miles away. Most of these procedures in a 6 yr old would be done there in the OR under anesthesia.
I can’t imagine what was done with the lidocaine but it seems a clinical guideline would have prevented this tragedy. Also children’s care is a specialty and there should be tighter control on the expertise required to treat them.

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About this blog: You’ve heard of Leapfrog now there’s SafetyDog!

This blog will merge ideas from management, nursing, medicine and psychology (and many others) to offer a different view of patient safety. The author has a Masters in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, a graduate certificate in Error Science and Patient Safety and also a BSN in Nursing and has worked as an RN since 1985. All comments are welcome..you never know when one of your thoughts might save a life!

Patient Safety

IOM
Institute of Medicine..their 1999 report “To Err is human” started it all.

Leap Frog Group
The Consumer Reports for hospitals. Encouraging transparency and comparison of quality and safety.

ISMP
Institute for Safe Medication Practices. If you are looking for information on safe medication practices (and unsafe ones) they have great newsletters and other resources.

IHI
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has an entire section on patient safety.

AHRQ
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Great site from the Department of Health and Human services. Contains research articles and safety guidelines and tools. The link is to Patient safety net

Healthcare Quarterly
Best practices and peer reviewed articles. Editor is a PhD from the University of North Carolina.